Pakistan's cabinet voted to grant India most-favoured-nation status, a fillip for the peace process that began in February.

巴基斯坦内阁会议投票决定授予印度最惠国地位，这对二月开始的和平进程是一个刺激。

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The administration also promised to help get rid of smaller irritants such as the Jackson-Vanik amendment of the 1970s, a cold-war relic that denies Russia most-favoured-nation trading status because of Soviet restrictions on Jewish emigration.

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Late last year Pakistan formally said it would reciprocate a longstanding Indian offer of most-favoured-nation trading status.

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Members of Congress also have joined the fray, raising the stakes at a time when the Clinton administration is already in the midst of a lobbying effort to convince reluctant lawmakers to approve permanent Normal Trade Relations status with China (formerly known as most-favoured-nation trading relations).

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